October 29, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



29 



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Charles W. McKellar 



Wholesale Florist... 



51 Wabash Ave., ChlCdQC 



L. D. Phone, Central 3598 



Fancy stock in Valley, Beauties, Roses, Violets, 

 Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on hand, fresh every day 



Can always supply the best goods the 

 season affords, at Chicago Market 

 Quotations. 



A complete line of all Wire Work and Supplies constantly on hand 



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offered for the best specimen chrysanthe- 

 mum plant in the show, in addition to 

 the regular money prizes. For six vases 

 of carnations, fifty blooms in each; two 

 vases of roses, fifty blooms in each; vase 

 of 100 chrysanthemums and dinner table 

 decoration of chrysanthemums, prizes are 

 in each class, $40, $30, $20, $10. For 

 specimen chrysanthemum plant prizes of- 

 fered are $50, $30, $20, $10. Entries 

 already received indacate the finest show 

 held for several years. 



Welch Bros, are having heavy ship- 

 ping orders for cut flowers, P. Welch 

 is optimistically inclined, and believes 

 that trade will be much better during 

 the coming winter than a year ago. He 

 may attend the national show, in Chicago. 



The numerous friends oi Edward 

 Hatch, the popular treasurer of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, are glad 

 to learn that he is steadily improving in 

 health. 



John McFarland has a bench of gar- 

 denias, from which he is cutting a splen- 

 did crop. He has 4,000 poinsettias com- 

 ing on for Christmas. 



To secure greater privacy for W. J. 

 Thurston, the manager at Park Street 

 market, a small enclosed office has been 

 provided, for him. 



William Nicholson is cutting fine Penn- 

 sylvania mums. He also has a nice lot 



of Crocus, a variety he thinks well of. 



William Sim has just completed hous- 

 ing his usual big lot of single violets, 

 all in prime condition. 



S. J. Goddard thinks highly of Car- 

 nation Winona and thinks it will displace 

 Winsor, having splendid stems thus early 

 in the season. 



M. A. Patten has a large batch of his 

 seedling crimson carnation, which is 

 yielding a wonderful crop of blooms. 



The time when the few big establish- 

 ments will crush out the small ones is a 

 long way in the future in this section. 

 Probably nowhere else in America are 

 there so many small and medium-sized 

 commercial places, where the owners make 

 a comfortable living, as within a fifty- 

 mile radius of Boston, some pessimistic 

 talk to the contrary notwithstanding. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries reports an 

 unusually strong demand for shrubs and 

 perennials for fall planting. 



W. N. CEAia. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



EiCHMOND, Va. — Mann & Brown have 

 been repairing and beautifying their 

 store on Broad street. New flooring, ceil- 

 ing, electric fixtures, ice-boxes, flower 

 cases and other improvements have been 

 put in the store. Mahogany finish pre- 

 dominates in the work done on the in- 

 terior. 



A round of the wholesale houses will 

 satisfy anyone that there are enough 

 flowers coming into this city to supply 

 the trade, and then some, at least while 

 the season continues when people can 

 live outdoors. We have heard of a num- 

 ber of places in this part of the country 

 where services have been held to pray 

 for rain. If this weather keeps up and 

 flowers continue to increase in quantity, 

 it will be up to the florists to call a few 

 meetings on their own account. 



It has been entirely too warm to put 

 any life into business and trade was slow 

 all the week. While chrysanthemums 

 have not been exactly a glut, it was neces- 

 sary to sell them cheap in order to keep 

 them moving, and carnations fared worse 

 than mums, if anything. They are com- 

 ing in quantities for which there is no 

 demand. 



Sweet peas have made their appear- 

 ance, but do not look very attractive. 



Various Notes. 



Pittsburg has some millionaires who 

 do good things and also have fine conser- 

 vatories, and who are generous enough to 

 allow their poorer neighbors to partici- 



